Originally Posted By: Bill S.
Originally Posted By: Bill
If the photon hits the crystal the superposition will collapse into just one polarization.

Originally Posted By: Bill S.
By the same line of reasoning any superposition in Schrödinger's cat box will have collapsed long before it is opened; right?


In the cat box there is nothing to select among the possible states of the cat until it is opened.

In my thought experiment the crystal initiates the collapse. Then the silver iodide determines if the collapsed state is of the same polarization as the crystal.

C is not the speed of light in a vacuum.
C is the universal speed limit.